Re: Biggest Predator

[pwillis@ozemail.com.au (Paul Willis)]

>>I don't know where you got these measurements from for >Kronosaurus but the
>absolute upper size guestimate I have >seen for Kronosaurus is 12.8 metres
>(about 38 feet in analog >terms). It is significantly smaller than an adult
>>Sperm Whale.
>
>Right off, I don't recall where I got the figures on Kronosaurus. I'll find
>the ref. and post it. However, Romer (1966) gives "more than 40 feet" and THE
>MACMILLAN ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPEDIA OF DINOSAURS AND PREHISTORIC ANIMALS
>(Dixon, Cox, Savage, Gardiner 1988) gives "42 ft." I do suspect that
>Kronosaurus might be one of those animals like Carcharodon megalodon, subject
>to inflation...


There does seem to be some creative inflation here, due, in part, to the
fragmentary nature of the known Kronosaurus material. However, from
discussions with Colin McHenry who is reviewing the Kronosaurs material, I
don't think that any bigger than 13 metres is a prudent guess on size
(that's about 39 feet, tops).

And sorry about this little bungle:

>pwillis@ozemail.com.au (Paul Willis)wrote that:
>
>>>larrydunn@hotmail.com wrote:
>
<SNIP>
>
>But I in fact authored only the question. I believe Caitlin authored the
>answer.
>
>Larry

Sorry about that Larry, one of the problems of automatic replys.


Cheers,

Paul


Dr Paul M.A. Willis
Consulting Vertebrate Palaeontologist
Quinkana Pty Ltd
pwillis@ozemail.com.au